Parliamentarians belonging to the Common Opposition in Parliament are of the opinion that one of their members should be appointed as the UPFA General Secretary to fill the vacancy created by the demise of former General Secretary Prof. Viswa Warnapala.

said they would be greatly pleased if one of their membership in the Common Opposition was appointed the UPFA General Secretary.

He said those people who accused them of trying to form a separate political party had themselves changed the General Secretaries and appointed new electoral organisers arousing suspicion as to whether those accusers themselves were trying to form a separate party.

Wijesekera said they still subscribed to the view that both President Maithripala Sirisena and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa should join hands to take the party forward.

But if the organisers were purged through decisions taken at the dead of night after promising a joint effort during the day, it would undermine cohabitation and reconciliation within the party, he said.

Wijesekera said that attacks on members of the Common Opposition who could not be subdued by offering the carrot of high office or positions have turned virulent in recent times.